Thought Leadership

In one chapter of “Advances in Communication Research to Reduce Childhood Obesity,” the challenge of trying to reign in the pervasive influences that lead to unhealthy diets and overweight young people becomes painstakingly clear.

Neha Parikh Shah, an assistant professor who teaches organizational behavior at Rutgers Business School, co-authored a paper that is receiving lots of interest among those who care about the qualities of good managers, teams and business leaders.

From where John Castellani sits as head of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the largest trade organization for the bio-pharmaceutical industry, the development of new medicines continues to occur in spite of huge risks and great expense.

Even for a seasoned executive, putting together two legacy banks dedicated to the money matters of the wealthy was a daunting task.

Keith Banks, who oversaw the merger of U.S. Trust and Bank of America’s Private Bank beginning in 2007, talked about it recently as a test of leadership style and decisiveness.

Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam isn’t likely to be ruffled by the sound of a cellphone’s ringtone – even when he’s the one being interrupted. 

As he opened a talk on the strategies that went into building Verizon Wireless into the nation's largest wireles provider last week at Rutgers Business School, McAdam quipped that it might be the first time they would hear a lecturer say, “Turn your cellphones on.” Please.

Further strengthening its ties to Wall Street and bringing its Thought Leadership series to the heart of the finance industry, the Rutgers Business School Master of Quantitative Finance program hosted its Second Annual MQF Quant Summit at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Nancy DiTomaso, Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty and Research at Rutgers Business School, has been studying diversity in the workforce and the impact of inequality in the job market for over 30 years. After interviewing 246 randomly selected white men and women in New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee from all economic backgrounds, education and job histories, she has written her findings in a new book, "The American Non-Dilemma," published by the Russell Sage Foundation.

Professor Marc Kalan, a veteran marketing executive who teaches in the Department of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences, wrote three articles on public speaking that appeared earlier this month in the trade publication, Sales and Marketing Management.

In an opinion piece published by Inside Business this week, Rutgers Business School professor Michael Santoro explores the implications of the Affordable Care Act on U.S. businesses as they prepare to comply with the complex new law.